| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | Linux Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) subsystem |
| 2 | ============================================= |
| 3 | |
| 4 | The main development site and CVS repository for these |
| Mauro Carvalho Chehab | 991ce92 | 2015-12-04 10:38:59 -0200 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | drivers is https://linuxtv.org. |
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | |
| 7 | The developer mailing list linux-dvb is also hosted there, |
| Mauro Carvalho Chehab | 991ce92 | 2015-12-04 10:38:59 -0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | see https://linuxtv.org/lists.php. Please check |
| 9 | the archive https://linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/ |
| 10 | and the Wiki https://linuxtv.org/wiki/ |
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | before asking newbie questions on the list. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | API documentation, utilities and test/example programs |
| 14 | are available as part of the old driver package for Linux 2.4 |
| 15 | (linuxtv-dvb-1.0.x.tar.gz), or from CVS (module DVB). |
| 16 | We plan to split this into separate packages, but it's not |
| 17 | been done yet. |
| 18 | |
| Mauro Carvalho Chehab | 991ce92 | 2015-12-04 10:38:59 -0200 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | https://linuxtv.org/downloads/ |
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | |
| 21 | What's inside this directory: |
| 22 | |
| Uwe Bugla | 918c456 | 2006-02-27 00:09:34 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | "avermedia.txt" |
| 24 | contains detailed information about the |
| 25 | Avermedia DVB-T cards. See also "bt8xx.txt". |
| 26 | |
| 27 | "bt8xx.txt" |
| 28 | contains detailed information about the |
| 29 | various bt8xx based "budget" DVB cards. |
| 30 | |
| Mauro Carvalho Chehab | 674434c | 2005-12-12 00:37:28 -0800 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | "cards.txt" |
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | contains a list of supported hardware. |
| 33 | |
| Uwe Bugla | 918c456 | 2006-02-27 00:09:34 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 34 | "ci.txt" |
| 35 | contains detailed information about the |
| 36 | CI module as part from TwinHan cards and Clones. |
| 37 | |
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 38 | "contributors.txt" |
| Uwe Bugla | 918c456 | 2006-02-27 00:09:34 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 39 | is the who-is-who of DVB development. |
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | |
| 41 | "faq.txt" |
| 42 | contains frequently asked questions and their answers. |
| 43 | |
| 44 | "get_dvb_firmware" |
| 45 | script to download and extract firmware for those devices |
| 46 | that require it. |
| 47 | |
| 48 | "ttusb-dec.txt" |
| Uwe Bugla | 918c456 | 2006-02-27 00:09:34 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | contains detailed information about the |
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | TT DEC2000/DEC3000 USB DVB hardware. |
| 51 | |
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 52 | "udev.txt" |
| 53 | how to get DVB and udev up and running. |
| 54 | |
| Uwe Bugla | 918c456 | 2006-02-27 00:09:34 -0300 | [diff] [blame] | 55 | "README.dvb-usb" |
| 56 | contains detailed information about the DVB USB cards. |
| 57 | |
| 58 | "README.flexcop" |
| 59 | contains detailed information about the |
| 60 | Technisat- and Flexcop B2C2 drivers. |
| 61 | |
| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | Good luck and have fun! |